The Downing Street Memo

Of course I've hears about the Downing Street Memo (I hope that you have too, although press coverage here has been somewhat scarce). If you haven't heard, this is the internal British government document that contains information that implicates the Bush information in intentionally misleading the public into war in Iraq, understanding fully that "Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran".

It also mentions that the invasion was "timed to begin 30 days before the US Congressional election" (Now the speed to which we went to war makes sense, it was politically motivated) and that "There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action", which says volumes aboutthe mess we're in now.


If you haven't read the text of it yourself, that's a good idea. It's pretty shocking:

The Downing Street Memo :: The text